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MAYILIDDY, Sri Lanka — The chairman of a local government body in Sri Lanka's Northern Province said Sunday that there was "absolutely no justification" for the military to continue occupying civilian lands in the region, speaking at a protest demanding the return of privately owned property still under military control more than a decade and a half after the end of the country's civil war. The demonstration, organized by the Valikamam North Resettlement Development Committee, drew residents fr

KILINOCHCHI — A Tamil journalist based in Kilinochchi has alleged that police attempted to pressure him into revealing a confidential journalistic source after he published CCTV footage related to an incident involving a senior medical specialist at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital. In a detailed statement posted on Facebook, journalist Murukaiya Thamilselvan said he was summoned to the Jaffna Police Station following a complaint lodged by Dr. Selvaganesh Sellakkuddy, a plastic surgeon attached to

JAFFNA — D.C. Aravintharaj, a senior Sri Lanka Administrative Service officer, was appointed Commissioner of the Jaffna Municipal Council on Tuesday during an official appointment event held at the Governor’s Secretariat here. Northern Province Governor N. Vethanayahan handed the official letter of appointment to Mr. Aravintharaj during the event, which was also attended by the Governor's Secretary, S. Sathiyaseelan, and other senior officials. Mr. Aravintharaj entered the Sri Lanka Administra

BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka — President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is scheduled to visit Batticaloa on Wednesday to inaugurate what the government describes as Sri Lanka’s second-largest public library after the Colombo Public Library, before attending a series of development and administrative events across the Eastern Province. The new Batticaloa Public Library, built at a reported cost of 435 million rupees, is scheduled to open at 9:30 a.m. The facility replaces one of the country’s oldest public l

COLOMBO — Western Province Governor and business tycoon Hanif Yusoof has announced his resignation, submitting his letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, according to senior government sources. Following the submission, the President is said to have requested that he remain in office for approximately one more month to ensure administrative continuity during the transition period, according to credible sources who spoke with Jaffna Monitor. The resignation, if formally accepted, ends one